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[Epidemiology of predominantly occupationally-induced bronchopulmonary diseases].
- Source :
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Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) [Pneumologie] 1994 May; Vol. 48 (5), pp. 391-4. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- During the last years occupational diseases are of increasing interest. This lead to an increased sensibility which results in a continuous increase of the number of announcements of suspicion of an underlying occupational diseases. The rate of cases first remunerated remains nevertheless constant. The number of diseases caused by inorganic and organic dusts and the obstructive airway-diseases increase despite of the continuous decrease of silicosis. Among the diseases first remunerated in 1990, occupational diseases caused by inorganic dusts took up the first place (31.6%). As for the deaths in 1990, 91% are due to diseases caused by inorganic dusts.
- Subjects :
- Cause of Death
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dust adverse effects
Germany epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Lung Diseases etiology
Lung Neoplasms etiology
Occupational Diseases etiology
Occupational Exposure adverse effects
Pneumoconiosis etiology
Pneumoconiosis mortality
Risk Factors
Lung Diseases mortality
Lung Neoplasms mortality
Occupational Diseases mortality
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 0934-8387
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8052591